A new approach to learning algorithms

International Conference on Information Technology: Coding Computing, ITCC

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 141-145

  Müldner, Tomasz ^a   Shakshuki, Elhadi ^a  

^a ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACTING; ANIMATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA STRUCTURES; GRAPH THEORY; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; STUDENTS;

AURALIZATION; LOW-LEVEL STEPS; PSEUDOCODES; TEXTUAL FORMS;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 3042647926     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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